Ambrosia beetle

Euwallacea similis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae

Ambrosia beetles are beetles of the weevil subfamilies Scolytinae and Platypodinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), which live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi. The beetles excavate tunnels in dead or stressed trees into which they introduce fungal gardens, their sole source of nutrition. After landing on a suitable tree, an ambrosia beetle excavates a tunnel in which it releases its fungal symbiont.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Ambrosia beetle

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